. >>> in international news, a half-brother of the president of afghanistan was shot and killed today in kandahar. ahmed karzai was head of the kandahar provincial council. he had been accused of various criminal activities and had become a political liability for hamid karzai's karzai. ahmed karzai had been the target of previous assassination attempts. investigators said he was killed by a bodyguard who was killed by other bodyguards. >>> a government hearing is growing if london over the phone hacking scandal in london. at issue is why london police didn't pursue an investigation two years ago on the rupert murdoch tabloid "news of the world." the controversy forced the paper to cease production. today former british prime minister gordon brown huh accused murdoch's newspapers of employing criminals in order to obtain confidential information about his own family. >>> president obama and congressional leaders will meet once again today. they are trying to break a partisan deadlock on reducing the nation's deficit as well as raising the debt ceiling. the progress though if any has b